Cheerful Abundance

a field notebook of suburban life

Today was our sparrows first Hallowe’en, and we think they had fun. We carved a pumpkin (to look like Elmo, who we all know is the God of Toddlers), ate Pumpkin Yum, dressed like witches, wore our bear hats, wandered the neighbourhood, and raised a ruckus. It was a good holiday.

Ah, Chicago, whose weather hates us all so much, because surprise! It was 38 degrees this weekend, or, for our Canuck readers, time to start laughing at the complete lack of weather hardiness exhibited down here in the southlands. But we do have some precious little ears to keep from being frostbitten, and so…. bear hats. Got them this weekend, and so far the trial run in the living room taught us that where there are bear hats, there is also wrasslin’ and fightin’.

They only get cuter from here, so make sure you click the link below to view the full set

Wagner farms was fun, but I was lured out there with false promises of tall coffees with whipped cream and pumpkin flavouring, and fudge, and it turns out that none of that was available on Sunday, so on the way home, we decided to push our luck and take the sparrows out for their first dining experience, because Mummy really needed some caffeine. And as you can see, our sparrows have excellent table manners!

They did really, really well for their first restaurant experience. They ate mashed potatoes, and there was very, very little screaming. Click below for more pictures.

The great joy of having two fully mobile toddlers is … um … well, we are sure there is some great joy around here, somewhere. Possibly we left it next to that bottle of scotch we are never going to have time to open again, or under the huge piles of laundry that magically generate themselves each week, or wherever the car keys are. Yes, that’s it – I bet its with my car keys.